Quantitative Market Making Quant- Cross Asset- high frequency- US Electronic Trading- $250K++ recruitment

Company

The firm are an electronic trading firm with an established presence and expertise across the equities, options and derivatives markets. They are driven by the quantitative approach they have to trading and are dependent on the systematic approach they have to research. Their current focus is on bringing on board quantitative market making quants for their high frequency trading desks. The firm have a very high bar when it comes to the candidates they interview let alone hire so a strong academic background is a must- whilst some experience within a market making environment ideally from the sell side is desirable. The group have a very rewarding and hard working culture whilst still maintain the close knit research environment.

Responsibilities

Working closely with other market making quant traders you will be researching and developing quantitative trading strategies. As the firm focus on high frequency trading this will be in a very fast paced environment where no two days will be the same. Also, you will be optimising and amending existing trading strategies so a background in convex, non-linear or combinatorial optimisation is desirable. The firm is always looking to build new internal businesses and teams so there is the opportunity to take on more leadership and responsibility of building a team in the medium term. Academically candidates must have a background in mathematics, physics or statistics. A particular preference for someone with a strong quant background or exposure to stochastic processes, statistical machine learning, Bayesian techniques and large scale optimisation.

Profile

• Academically very strong from a top tier and well established institution

• Technically proficiency across statistical packages such as R, Matlab, VBA, Excel- exposure to C++ and other object orientated code is desirable

• Maths or physics Olympiads are desirable

• Quantitative mindset

• Some market making experience is a major plus

Contact                                                 

If you find this role of interest, please contact Rizwaan Ahmed at +44 (0)20 3178 5678 or via email on apply@mavenalpha.com quoting the reference RZAM.